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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Inspections Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Consultation and publicity in relation to notice and proposals under section 7",
  "text": "(1) Before publishing a notice under section 7, the local authority must consult such persons as appear to the authority to be appropriate; and in discharging their duty under this subsection the authority must have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Regulations may require the local authority to take prescribed steps for the purpose of promoting public awareness of any proposals published by them under section 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pts. 1-7 substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 25.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(b)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:59.347958+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}